ARE YOU THE WEAKEST LINK?1. Which S is plaster mixed with powdered marble and applied to the exterior of buildings? 2. In the USA, in the late 60s and 70s, to what were the Strategic Arms Limitation Talks Strategic Arms Limitation Talks, see disarmament, nuclear. Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT) Negotiations between the U.S. and the Soviet Union aimed at curtailing the manufacture of strategic nuclear missiles. abbreviated? 3. In pop music, which New Romantic band had a 1986 UK hit album entitled Through The Barricades? 4. In fashion, which tennis star, nicknamed The Crocodile, invented the short-sleeved polo shirt in 1934? 5. In biology, where would you find the terminal bud - at the tip or the base of a plant? 6. In which decade did King Edward VIII abdicate? 7. On 5 May 1961, Alan Shepherd became the first American to go where? 8. In TV, James Herriot and Tristan Farnon were characters in which British drama? 9. In which city was an assassination Assassination See also Murder. assassins Fanatical Moslem sect that smoked hashish and murdered Crusaders (11th—12th centuries). [Islamic Hist.: Brewer Note-Book, 52] Brutus conspirator and assassin of Julius Caesar. [Br. attempt made on President Reagan in 1981? 10. In sport, which county cricket team play home matches at The Oval and Guildford? 11. Which C is the largest city in South Island, New Zealand, and shares its name with an English town? 12. In TV, Roger Moore and Ivor Dean starred in which 60s adventure crime series? 13. In music, which famous Austrian composer wrote the opera The Magic Flute? 14. What G is the most southerly of the Windward Islands in the Caribbean? 15. Born in 1716, was Capability Brown a violinist, a clown or a landscape gardener? 16. The Sunni and the Shi'ites are the main branches of which religion? 17. In football, for which London club did Glenn Hoddle make his professional debut in 1975? 18. In literature, complete the title of Edgar Doctorow's 1989 novel: Billy... what? 19. In which year did the rocket Pioneer 10 become the first man-made object to fly beyond our solar system: 1982 or 1995? 20. In the human body, lipase lipase (lī`pās), any enzyme capable of degrading lipid molecules. The bulk of dietary lipids are a class called triacylglycerols and are attacked by lipases to yield simple fatty acids and glycerol, molecules which can permeate the membranes and tripsin are types of what E used to regulate metabolic reaction? Extracted from The Weakest Link Quiz Book: Bumper Edition (Penguin, pounds 7.99) [umlaut] BBC BBC in full British Broadcasting Corp. Publicly financed broadcasting system in Britain. A private company at its founding in 1922, it was replaced by a public corporation under royal charter in 1927. 2001, published by arrangement with the BBC. |
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